"snap to" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 52:",
          "text": "There was a young woman in the shop, a rather massively built young woman with muscular calves and a deep chest. She was pointing out the seat of her bicycle to Oscar, who was saying \"Uh-huh\" and looking more at her than at anything else \"It's just a little too far forward […]\" Oscar repeated, \"Uh-huh\" automatically, then snapped to. \"Fix it in a jiffy,\" he said […]",
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        "To suddenly give someone one's full attention."
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        "(intransitive) To suddenly give someone one's full attention."
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          "give",
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          "attention",
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